.010 Junk Dealers — Auto Wreckers — Recyclers.
Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of second hand dealer, junk dealer and collector, auto wreckers or recycler shall pay an annual tax of two hundred fifty dollars.
For the purpose of this section an auto wrecker is defined to be and construed to mean and include any person who buys any motor vehicle for the purpose of dismantling or disassembling, or who dismantles or disassembles any such motor vehicle whether for the purpose of selling or otherwise dealing in the materials of such vehicle or vehicles. For the purpose of this section a "junk dealer" is defined to be any person engaged in the business of buying or selling, either at wholesale or retail, or storing on any premises, any rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metals or other articles of junk.
For the purpose of this section a "recycler" is defined to be any person or reverse vending machine engaged in the business of buying or selling, either at wholesale or retail, any recyclable product. Each location is required to obtain a separate license.
.020 Pawnbrokers.
Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of pawnbroker shall pay an annual license tax of three hundred dollars.
For the purpose of this section the term "pawnbroker" includes every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of loaning money either for himself or for any other person, upon any personal property, personal security, or purchasing personal property and reselling or agreeing to resell such property to the vendor or other assignee at prices previously agreed upon. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to the loaning of money on personal property or personal security by any bank or savings and loan authorized to do so under the laws of the State or of the United States. (Ord. 5368 § 1 (part); May 18, 1993.)